THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NY & NJ

Press Release Article

The Port Authority Board of Commissioners will meet on Thursday, April 26, on the 15th floor of Port Authority headquarters at 225 Park Avenue South in Manhattan. The public session of the Board will begin at 12:30 p.m.

The following Committee meetings will be held in public session in the same location: Governance & Ethics Committee, 8:30 a.m.; Committee on Construction, 9 a.m.; Committee on Operations, 9 a.m.; and World Trade Center Redevelopment Committee, 9:30 a.m.

In addition, a meeting of the Committee on Operations, the World Trade Center Redevelopment Subcommittee, the Nominating Committee and the full Board will be held in executive session on April 26.

The public sessions of the Board and its Committees will be broadcast on the Port Authority’s Web site – www.panynj.gov.

The agenda for the meetings to be held on April 26 will be posted on the Port Authority’s Web site, www.panynj.gov, at 3 p.m. on April 25.

Members of the public wishing to address the Board should register by sending an e-mail message including their name, affiliation (if any) and topic to speakers@panynj.gov by 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 26. Speakers are limited to 3 minutes, and speaking time may not be transferred. The public comment period may be limited to 30 minutes. Appropriate identification is required.

CONTACT:Port Authority of New York and New JerseySteve Coleman, 212 435-7777

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which does not receive tax dollars from either state, operates many of the busiest and most important transportation links in the region. They include John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia, Stewart International and Teterboro airports; AirTrain JFK and AirTrain Newark; the George Washington Bridge and Bus Station; the Lincoln and Holland tunnels; the three bridges between Staten Island and New Jersey; the PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) rapid-transit system; Port Newark; the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal; the Howland Hook Marine Terminal on Staten Island; the Brooklyn Piers/Red Hook Container Terminal; the Port Authority-Port Jersey Marine Terminal and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in midtown Manhattan. The agency also owns the 16-acre World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.